"Image_generator.m": code that generate synthetic dust images.
"ParticleDetection.m": This code reads the photos contained in the folder "PhotoPath" and looks for dust particles. It is based on the original code developed by S.Waller: "Process for aLIGO Particle Imaging Using a Nikon D7100 and Matlab." LIGOT1400515-v9, July 2015.) The main upgrades are the automatic threshold search for the first binarization of the image for particles detection, and a 2-step search for the sizing: after the first global binarization, the particles are sized with a second, local, binarizaion, with threshold now being adaptive to each particle's luminosity.
As output, it returns: a) the first threshold used in the first binarization (step (3)) b) the table with particles info (position, luminosity and dimensions) (step 4) c) the photos with the particles found highlited (step 4) d) histogram of the diameters (step 6)
Developer: Andrea Moscatello, University of Padua, INFN Sez.Padova Supervisor: Giacomo Ciani, University of Padua, INFN Sez.Padova Supervisor: Livia Conti, INFN Sez.Padova April 2022
Code referring to Virgo TDS: VIR-0475A-22